April 11, 2018 Board Minutes

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR WAYNE SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD AT WAYNE MIDDLE SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 11, 2018 AT 6:00 PM.

THOSE PRESENT:

Cory Anderson – President

Curtis Whipple  – Vice President - (Late/Excused)

April Torgerson –Member

Jeffery Chappell – Member

Shawn Davis – Member

John Fahey – Superintendent

Heather Okerlund – Business Administrator

Conducting:  Cory Anderson

ADMINISTRATION

Cory Anderson called the meeting to order.  He announced we would begin with the Pledge of Allegiance followed by a reverence from Jeffery Chappell.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES:  April Torgerson made a motion to accept the minutes for last month.  Jeffery Chappell seconded.  All in favor.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Heather Okerlund answered questions about the accounts payable.

April Torgerson made a motion to accept the accounts payable.  Jeffery Chappell seconded.  All in favor.

Curtis Whipple arrived.

Financial review.  Heather Okerlund gave an update on finances, discussed the legislative estimates and provided an update on the Secure Rural Schools funding.

CITIZEN COMMENTS

Ariel Wilson – Ariel Wilson asked about why there was support from Badger Boosters for the football team and teacher slave labor for the rest of the sports. Every other booster club he’s seen supports the whole school and why are we allowing it to support one team.  April Torgerson replied that it’s very complicated.  Curtis Whipple added that currently the Booster Club doesn’t exist and that the high school didn’t take on football, it was a private group that used school facilities but they recently walked away from it.  He added that the booster club is disbanded and the money has been transferred into the football program.  Ariel Wilson asked why we don’t have a booster club in our district.  April Torgerson replied that it is because no one is doing it and its independent from the district.  Ariel Wilson also asked about taxing tourism to help the schools, for example, putting an extra tax on motel or hotel rooms.  Discussed possibilities and restrictions on sales tax and transient room tax.

INFORMATION ITEMS

Update on energy audit:  Eric with Siemens:  Eric described the program provided through the Governor’s office with the goal of improvements funded with future energy savings.  They did a preliminary evaluation and found that there is an opportunity for a performance audit.  Our annual spend is about $143k and there is probably a savings of about 15 to 20 percent, so with a 15 year project we could do maybe a $400k project.  Eric provided an evaluation of the possible upgrades and changes and described the next steps and recommended that the district work with the governor’s office on the project to proceed.

Superintendents Report:  Superintendent John Fahey said they did the Gear Up grant interviews today and hired four people.  He provided a summary of the program and our next steps.  Superintendent John Fahey provided an update on the mission and goal development and our next steps.  He also said that he’s been working on the Gates grant but over 500 people applied and they accepted 20.  Economically we fit their requirements, but our group was too ‘white’.  We’ll continue to apply and see if we can get it next round.  Superintendent and Lance will still go to San Francisco in May.  Superintendent John Fahey said they are also meeting as Superintendents with the Governor and the NAACP regarding school safety and racist comments. 

UHSAA Report:  Cory Anderson said there were no major items but notes from the last meeting were provided to the group.

Legislative Update:  Superintendent John Fahey said he provided a copy of the legislative summary for review.  He described some of the changes from the last legislative session.

BUSINESS ITEMS

Trust Land Plans:  The board reviewed and discussed each school plan.  Curtis Whipple made a motion to approve the HES, LES, WMS, and WHS plans as presented.  April Torgerson seconded.  All in favor.

Summer projects:  Heather Okerlund reviewed the summer projects list.  Curtis Whipple made a motion to approve the summer project lists and also remove the concrete for the football field bleachers.  Jeffery Chappell seconded.  All in favor.

Loa gym floor bids:  April Torgerson made a motion to accept the bid from Mountain Heights flooring for $24, 705.  Curtis Whipple seconded.  All in favor.  Shawn Davis had a question about the gym also being used for a lunch room.  Discussed.  All in favor.

Policies:  First Reading, citation only:  Curtis Whipple made a motion to waive additional readings and approve policies DBE Student Teachers and Interns, DBF Substitutes, DGD liability Volunteers, DHCD Credit for prior Teaching, FGAB Student Electronic Devices.  April Torgerson seconded.  All in favor.  First reading.  April Torgerson made a motion to approve DMC Use of District Email for Political Purposes, FED Student Data Protection, FHAE Safe Schools Disruptive Student Behavior, FHAF Safe Schools Emergency Safety Interventions, DLB Grievances Regarding Abusive Conduct.  Curtis Whipple seconded.  All in favor.

New hires:  Shawn Davis made a motion to accept the new hires.  April Torgerson seconded.  All in favor.

Separations:  Jeffery Chappell made a motion to approve the employee separations.  Shawn Davis seconded.  All in favor.

BOARD MEMBER ITEMS

Jeffery Chappell:  Asked about some of the ideas from the national conference and wondered if we wanted to do something on the district website of some of the high points of the meeting.  He thought there were some interesting things and it would be good to share.  Cory Anderson said he wondered about sharing the notes with each other.  Superintendent John Fahey mentioned we could also build it into the action plans and maybe not implement next year but the following or following year.  Jeffery Chappell added that their roll really is to support the educators and maybe they can go through the list and put it into action plans.  Curtis Whipple said it sounded good to get their notes to Superintendent and have him review with the administrators and then he can bring that back to their next board meeting.   Cory Anderson said plan on getting the notes to Superintendent by Tuesday. 

Curtis Whipple:  The last few weeks he has been thinking about our recognition coins.  Superintendent John Fahey said we have them.  Curtis Whipple asked if we have recognized anyone.  Everyone discussed possible ideas for recognition and discussed doing it quarterly.  Cory Anderson asked that we put it on the agenda for next month and do invitations for next month.  Make it the very first item on the agenda. 

Cory Anderson:  Wanted to thank everyone for their willingness to go to the classes at the national school board conference.  He said he felt that the time they spent together was productive.

Curtis Whipple made a motion to go into closed per session at 8:30 pm for the purpose permitted by Utah Code Annotated Section 52-4-205(1)(a).  April Torgerson seconded.

Roll Call:

Shawn Davis - Yes

Jeffery Chappell - Yes

April Torgerson - Yes

Cory Anderson - Yes

Curtis Whipple - Yes

Cory Anderson declared us back in open meeting at 9:48 pm.

Curtis Whipple made a motion to adjourn at 9:48 pm.  Cory Anderson seconded.  All in favor.